I drew some Spongebob for my nephew. Happy Birthday Jason!
I draw spongebob aaalll the time, he's one of the big ones that people say I remind them of. He can get really Ed Roth-y in some episodes, especially the oldest ones. One of my most favorite cartoons, much respect for the guy.

Inked with inks, colored with colors. Stole the background from some poster.

Oh, my son loves him. Secretly, so do I. He represents all the naivete and innocence that is so fleeting in life. Love your take on him - he looks like an older, more corrupt but still happy and naive Spongebob! So there's a happy ending somewhere... or maybe he's just, uh, damaged.

Really?? I stopped watching it a year or two ago, seemed like it was getting a little soft. Spongebob started leaning towards a cute little kid where before he was kinda a creepy teenager. Some of the older ones had those NICE closeup paintings, like when Squidward was like "does THIS look serious?" God, I'd kill for one of those paintings.

Yeah, those paintings are great.
There's an episode where Spongebob
is telling a story to the Krusty Crab's
costumers. He is describing this ultra
bad ass guy and the thing that made
me laugh was that he said, "the cold sore
on his lip meant business" and then they
put this really insane picture of his cold sore
accompanied by a dolphin's sound. It
was hilarious.